The Wife

The Wife
BEVERLY BARTON

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…Prepare to lose sleep with the spine-tingling thriller from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author.Danger lurking around every corner. Suspicion rampant. Is anyone safe? Is anyone blameless?A twisted serial killer, dubbed the Fire and Brimstone killer, is loose in Dunmore, Alabama, on a merciless revenge mission to punish priests who do evil instead of good. What dark and depraved secret is the Church hiding to drive someone to perform such sacrilegious acts?When a minister is doused in gasoline and brutally set alight on his own doorstep, the religious community are left in shock and Cathy Cantrell, widow to the killer's first victim, is left mentally unstable.Returning to Dunmore to rebuild the relationship with her son 18 months later, the past comes back to haunt her when another minister suffers the same gruesome fate as her husband. As the murders intensify, suspicions are rife and suspects are formed. Is Cathy prime suspect or prime target to a killer who won't stop until all sinners burn in hell…?

The Wife

BEVERLY BARTON

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First published in Great Britain as The Silent Killer by HarperCollins 2009

This eBook edition published 2018

Copyright © Beverly Barton 2009

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Source ISBN: 9781847561374

Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780007334582

Version: 2018-06-04

Contents

Cover (#u2b6a12d1-e11e-5a36-a672-15958446fda4)

Title Page (#u59e7e477-73f0-5575-bc43-86b311b7fd0a)

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Prologue (#ua9b8d850-700a-5690-87fb-5079c215d071)

Chapter One (#ufaef12c7-913d-5205-9b13-c75bb893d70b)

Chapter Two (#uefa90643-ceb7-5e88-bf50-5bffc2371977)

Chapter Three (#ub830622c-d1be-5b68-887d-550728afef73)

Chapter Four (#u509becae-dfab-569c-9ce4-c54ac82715ec)

Chapter Five (#uc52cf76b-10d7-5ee8-b147-95f305ed285e)

Chapter Six (#u79b4d045-16be-5f65-9836-42af1c74fa99)

Chapter Seven (#ubb3b4caa-0216-59e7-86dc-6deb6658cc90)

Chapter Eight (#uc3520c9a-da91-5e0f-9c64-049ce591b754)

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Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

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